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By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Studio 32 Music.  We’ve gone a bit weird this week, maybe as a result of seeing Nurse With Wound live over the weekend, but whatever the reason, I like it. Some old classics in there like the Gimmik track from odd bleepy label Toytronic, a very peculiar track from Simone White and Kassem Mosse called ‘Flowers In May’ and some Toru Takemitsu...

You may not have heard of escape room puzzles, or you may be a locked-in-a-room junkie already (not in the Trainspotting sense).  Until now I viewed this leisure activity as a Mensa club hobby for those who opt for puzzle solving over physical contact with the opposite sex, but these mind workouts are becoming increasingly popular. This time last year there were five main escape room operators in London, today we counted at least 25, which demonstrates the growing demand...

Duncan James, an art director at a London based advertising agency, is spending a year capturing the lives of Mods and Mod culture.

There is a term in banking circles called the “magic roundabout”, which is when a taxi drives you home from work at 7am, waits for you while you shower and change and then takes you back to the office. It’s every intern’s nightmare. In a job where 100 hour weeks are the norm, working shifts back-to-back is a punishing undertaking. But it is also deemed necessary. As star pupils from top universities vie for full-time positions at the city’s investment...

The sleeping labrador Dilly photo (that was shared over 23 million times to date) has been awarded SWNS Picture of the Year 2015.  SWNS is the largest independent press agency in the UK, supplying up to 20% of daily print news. This beautifully composed picture shot Villager Jim to fame after it "broke" the internet.  Father of two Jim, from Derbyshire, didn't want recognition for his talent but allowed SWNS to publish the photo in the national press. Jim is known as...

Placebo will be heading out on a world tour in October to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their platinum selling debut album ’Placebo’. The first leg of the ’20 Years of Placebo’ tour kicks off in Denmark on October 13th 2016 and runs through to Wembley Arena in London on December 15th 2016.  Further dates for 2017 will be revealed later. The band promise a set list spanning their whole back catalogue. Brian Molko teased: “Let's just...

Sylosis, Electric Ballroom, London, 7.3.16 Support: Decapitated, The Kind Is Blind All photos copyright of Rich Broome Photography The Kind Is Blind Decapitated Decapitated Sylosis Find more of Rich's work at richbroomemusicphotography.weebly.com

Holly ‘Låpsley’ Fletcher first left an impression on me with her vocals and production on ‘Station’ and ‘Painter’. With funding from PRS for Music Foundation she has been able to develop her minimal but stunning electronic production, vocal experimentation and live setup. ‘Station’ is delicate and emotionally powerful. Låpsley uses her own vocals, pitched down, as harmonies to create the sound of an androgynous voice. The track’s vocals grow throughout; the lyrics “Cause I could walk you back to the...

In celebration of International Women's Day we've put together an unrelentingly awesome playlist of the female acts rocking our world at TLE. These range from the matriarchs who paved the way for a strong female presence in the music industry, right up to the new blood pushing the envelope at the forefront of the 2016 music scene. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if you spot a glaring omission then please feel free to add to the playlist or...